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Mon Apr 28, 2025, 07:15 PM Monday

Link to BBC live text coverage of Canada election

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cr5d13e4r2rt

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Here's how election day is unfolding:

The first polls opened at 07:00 EDT (12:00 BST) in Newfoundland and parts of Labrador earlier today. They will close at 19:00 EDT (00:00 BST)
The next to follow were the provinces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and the rest of Labrador. Polls here will close at 19:30 EDT (00:30 BST)
Polls in Ontario, Quebec and Nunavut, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, the Northwest Territories and bits of British Columbia opened at 09:30 EDT (14:30 BST). Voters can cast their ballot until 21:30 EDT (02:30 BST)
And finally, the rest of British Columbia and Yukon opened at 10:00 EDT (15:00 BST) for voting. These polls will close at 22:00 EDT (03:00 BST)
Preliminary results will likely come in late on Monday night or early on Tuesday morning, local time
The biggest sweep of polls close at 21:30 EDT, including in Ontario and Quebec. If the Conservatives or Liberals win big in the eastern part of the country, it is possible the election can be called earlier in the night
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